2032 Olympic Summer Games

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Brisbane Olympics 2032 Stadium Gets Funding Boost

Queensland state officials have secured a deal with the federal government for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Brisbane which commits the federal government to invest more than $2.23 billion, the single largest contribution towards sporting infrastructure in Australia’s history. The agreement includes 50-50 funding for minor venues and $788 million toward a […]

Posted On : July 3, 2025 By : Matt Traub

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Next IOC President Kirsty Coventry Hands Over the Baton in Planning for Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Kirsty Coventry completed a ceremonial baton change before she takes over as International Olympic Committee president next month, handing off oversight of preparations for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Summer Games during a three-day inspection visit. Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski replaced Coventry as head of the IOC’s coordination commission for the 2032 Summer Games after the Olympic […]

Posted On : May 22, 2025 By : Matt Traub

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Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski Appointed Chair of Coordination Commission for Brisbane 2032

Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski, a former equestrian athlete who represented the Philippines internationally, has been appointed as the new Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2032 Olympic Summer Games in Brisbane. The appointment was made by IOC President Thomas Bach following a request from President-Elect Kirsty Coventry, who stepped down from the role after her […]

Posted On : May 5, 2025 By : Matt Traub

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New Olympic Stadium, Crocodile-Inhabited Rowing Course Part of Brisbane 2032 Overhaul

A new 60,000-seat arena will be built as part of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Brisbane to host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies while the famous Gabba stadium will be demolished after the Games, the Queensland government announced on Tuesday as its review of the Games’ venues was announced. The multi-sport arena, […]

Posted On : March 25, 2025 By : Matt Traub

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Brisbane 2032 Names Kit McConnell Chief Sport Officer

Kit McConnell will be leaving his role as sports director at the International Olympic Committee to become the chief sport officer for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee in Brisbane. McConnell has had an extensive career across the international sporting landscape and Olympic Movement, dating to his role as part of the Sydney […]

Posted On : February 25, 2025 By : Matt Traub

Spectators make their way home after play had been suspended due to heavy rain during the second day of the first cricket test match between Australia and South Africa at the Gabba stadium in Brisbane, Australia in 2012. The cricket stadium that Brisbane Olympics backers pitched as the centerpiece venue for the 2032 Summer Games is set to be demolished and rebuilt.(AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, File)

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Brisbane 2032 Olympics Venue Decision Coming in March

A venue plan for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games will be unveiled in March, the local government said on Tuesday, after a dramatic months-long debate between political parties. Brisbane was awarded the Games in 2021 immediately before the pandemic-delayed Games in Tokyo. Australian Olympic Committee Chief Executive Matt Carroll said this month that […]

Posted On : February 18, 2025 By : Matt Traub

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Political Leader Confirms Review of Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Infrastructure Plans

Annastacia Palaszczuk, the Queensland state premier who headed Brisbane’s successful bid to host the 2032 Games, quit last weekend amid falling popularity and will be replaced by Steven Miles, who plans to establish an independent authority to review plans for the controversial Gabba stadium redevelopment that is one of the centerpieces of the 2032 Olympic […]

Posted On : December 13, 2023 By : Matt Traub

The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor Adrian Schrinner, Senator the Honourable Richard Colbeck, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services and Minister for Sport, John Coates AC, President, Australian Olympic Committee, three time Olympic gold medalist James Tomkins and The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Trade, attend a press conference after Brisbane was announced as the 2032 Summer Olympics host city during the IOC Session at Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP)

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Australian Governments to Split 2032 Olympic Venue Funding

The Australian national and Queensland state governments have agreed to a funding split to build or remodel venues for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games that will be hosted by Brisbane. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese anounced the $4.8 billion agreement at the Queensland state capital Friday. The International Olympic Committee awarded the 2032 […]

Posted On : February 20, 2023 By : Matt Traub

In this Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, file photo, a couple sit on a dock to look at the sails of the Sydney Opera House that are illuminated with the green and gold colors of the Australian Olympic team. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

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Cindy Hook Named CEO of 2032 Brisbane Olympic Organizing Committee

American Cindy Hook, the chief executive officer for Deloitte Asia Pacific until June, has been appointed as the inaugural chief executive officer of the organizing committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane. The organizing committee announced the appointment Tuesday after engaging with 50 candidates over six months. Hook will start the new […]

Posted On : December 14, 2022 By : Matt Traub

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Kirsty Coventry to Chair IOC Coordination Commission for Brisbane 2032

Five-time Olympian and two-time Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry will chair the International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission for the 2032 Olympic Summer Games in Brisbane, Australia. The most decorated Olympian from Africa, Coventry was the chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission and a member of the IOC Executive Board from 2018 until earlier this year, […]

Posted On : October 7, 2021 By : Matt Traub